Labor Day Holidays

Labor Day Holidays

Labor Day

A legal holiday in the United States, Labor Day is celebrated the first Monday in September. It is a day set aside to honor workers. Sites listed in this category should be suitable for visitors of all ages. Sites provide material related to Labor Day, including historical background, holiday stories and poems, graphics, and ideas for celebrating. Sites may also provide information for parents and teachers, such as suggested family activities and lesson plans.

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- Provides background information and links.
- Includes historical information, poetry, and children's literature recommendations. Graphics intensive.
- Maintains that Labor Day should be a time to honor man's mind, not men's muscles, as the real source of wealth and progress.
- Material was first aired in a September 1996. Includes links to other PBS artlicles on labor and politics.
- Explains how the observance came to be and what it means. From the U.S. Dept. of Labor.
- Explains why people celebrate this holiday and why it is observed on the first Monday in September.
- Contemplates what might happen if the media focused its attention on the lives of the nation's workforce the rest of the year.
- Biblical perspective on the day along with history and a list of the U.S. Secretaries of Labor.
- Article from The Detroit News provides a look at the day's history in songs, photographs and text.
- 1996 column from the director of the Sustainability Institute.
- History of the holiday from a Christian perspective.
- 1939 speech by San Francisco mayor delivered before the American Federation of Labor.
- History , tradition, and facts of this event.
- Factual tribute with a comical twist. Original artwork and poetry.
- Features a short history and related links.
- CNN U.S. News article complaining about the recent lack of respect for Labor Day.
- Feature brief reflection and links to related resources.

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